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Epic Games Unreal Editor place in virtual reality to build Fr games

Feb

6

2016

Epic Games brings its Unreal Editor, Unreal Engine to virtual reality. In a preview of the new editing software, the company shows how virtual reality can be built with Unreal Editor, building from the virtual world.

With the development of content for virtual reality can be built in virtual reality. For example, using the Oculus Touch of HTC Vive controllers, it is possible to pick up things and change. According to Epic, this is easy to learn because it is very similar to how it works in reality.

For now, the in-Fri editor is not yet fully functional, but Epic stresses that it is a complete editor, not just a limited mode for previews and minor adjustments. The program includes all motion controls and editing, along with some parts of the Unreal Editor interface as the Details Panel and Content Browser. This interface will appear in the virtual world as a kind of tablet in one hand, while the tablet can be controlled with the other hand. For example, there may be an object from the content browser to be placed directly in the virtual world.

Epic Games will show more of the special version of Unreal Editor at the Game Developer Conference on 16 March. Then, a release date is also disclosed. Then it is a built-in feature in the Unreal Engine, with the full source on GitHub.